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Tax-Free Income And A Weekly Reset With This Muni ETF
Tuesday, November 8, 2016 - 3:00pm | 462The Federal Reserve could raise interest rates for the first time in 2016 next month, but one rate hike probably will not be enough to deter yield-seeking investors and some of their favored destinations, such as municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The combination of interest rates remaining...
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Municipal Bond ETFs Rebuff Weak Oil Prices
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 1:07pm | 467Oil prices are on the mend this year, but the United States Oil Fund LP (ETF) (NYSE: USO) would need to more than triple to sniff its 2014 highs. USO, which tracks front-month West Texas Intermediate futures, would need to nearly quadruple to come within striking distance of its 2012 highs. Heading...
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A Bond ETF Idea For The Second Half
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 2:38pm | 515Among the fixed income exchange-traded funds that find themselves in the sweet spot thanks to the Federal Reserve consistently passing on another interest rate hike are municipal bond funds, particularly those of the longer-dated variety. Although there has been some chatter regarding the impact of...
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Finding Value In Municipal Bond ETFs
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 9:50am | 554Although the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for the first time in almost decade last month and plenty of pundits believe multiple rate hikes are on the way this year, some investors are finding comfort in municipal bond exchange-traded funds. The question savvy investors need to be...
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Is It Time To Sell Out Of Longer Term Municipal Bonds?
Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 10:32am | 779Longer-term municipal bonds with maturities of around 15 years to 25 years looked very attractive at the beginning of the year as they yielded the same or more than comparable taxable bonds. That's rare. Normally tax-free bonds yield less than comparable taxable bonds in nominal terms,...
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Fifteen Bond ETFs Trading Near 52-Week Highs
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 10:04am | 1118iPath U.S. Treasury 10-year Bull ETN (NYSE: DTYL) is up nearly 30% year to date. The investment seeks to replicate the performance of the Barclays Capital 10-Year U.S. Treasury Futures Targeted Exposure index, which is designed to increase in response to a decrease in 10-year Treasury note yields...